Toro Park Invitational - October 9, 2009

With just West Valley College, West Hills College, and the women of College of Sequoias in attendance, the Hartnell cross country teams enjoyed a fruitful homecoming as both squads were victorious and posted some solid marks at Toro Park.

Coming off his stellar 1:07:12 half marathon in San Jose last weekend, Daniel Tapia relegated himself to pacemaker for his teammates. Tapia helped sophomore Jesus Cabrera and freshman Rigoberto Vasquez to a top three sweep. Tapia the individual winner at 21:21, Cabrera (21:24) and Vasquez (21:35) rewarded with all-time list performances. Hartnell alum Luis Corvera was fourth in 21:57. Alejandro Alcaraz (22:07) was 6th and Robert Anderson (23:29) 12th to round out the team's score of 22. West Valley College was a distance second with 44 points and West Hills posted a score of 64 points. Also running well were Eric Yepez (23:45), Edgar Hernandez (25:46), Cesar Alvarez (31:21), and Gustavo Hernandez (37:33).

The Hartnell teams will compete for the first time ever in school history at the Santa Clara Bronco Invitational Saturday, October 17th. The Santa Clara Invitational attracts four year university/colleges and community collleges to a very fast course at Baylands Park in Sunnyvale. Hartnell's squad will be split with the top 5 men competing in the invitational 8 kilometer (4.97 miles) race, the remaining men in an open 8 km race.